More than four-fifths of the world's coral reef areas have been affected by devastating mass bleaching spurred by record-high ocean temperatures, turning
April 23, 2025
Traditional songs and dances welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron when he arrived this week on the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte
April 23, 2025
Nearly half of Americans live in an area with a failing grade for air pollution, and the problem is only getting worse
April 23, 2025
The White House has no immediate plans to strip climate-focused non-profit organizations of their tax exempt status, a White House official said on Tuesday, as those groups
April 22, 2025
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says his agency will be providing Mexico a list to complete to stop the flow of sewage from Tijuana
April 22, 2025
California Department of Water Resources developing plans to protect SWP infrastructure from invasive golden mussels
April 22, 2025
Nonprofit 'Green Our Planet' transforms local classrooms with hydroponics gardening
April 22, 2025
Family of man who drowned in river remembers his love for life
April 22, 2025
First phase of turning former water park into nature park expected to finish this summer
April 22, 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will step down as chairman of nuclear technology startup Oklo, paving the way for potential tie-up between the companies.
April 22, 2025
Firefighters battle dozens of wildfires across Maine
April 22, 2025
Arborists are hoping to transform vacant land on Detroit’s eastside by planting giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees
April 22, 2025
Concerned neighbors rally to relocate animals from drained pond
April 22, 2025
A Michigan nuclear reactor hoping to be the first in the United States to restart after permanent closure has received about 10% of $1.52 billion in U.S.
April 22, 2025
Power grid use in the far northeast United States registered an all-time low over the weekend as mild weather and rooftop solar panels slashed demand on the
April 22, 2025
Trump administration minimized federal climate scientists’ findings of record CO2 growth
April 22, 2025
New details are emerging about the seizure of Peanut the squirrel in upstate New York in October
April 22, 2025
Emails obtained by The Associated Press reveal Doug Burgum as North Dakota governor catered to the whims of oil and gas executives while leveraging those connections to expand his political profile
January 30, 2025
Atchafalaya River railroad bridge in Melville hit by tugboat; US Coast Guard investigating
April 22, 2025
Israeli police have been scouring the Mediterranean coast for a swimmer they fear may have been attacked by a shark
April 22, 2025
City marks 58 years since 1967 deadly tornado
April 22, 2025
Denmark will spend about 4 billion crowns ($614 million) on building and procuring 26 navy vessels for patrolling, oil spill response and surveillance of undersea cables,
April 22, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency sent termination notices on Tuesday to staff who work on environmental justice programs at its headquarters and across
April 22, 2025
Economic gains from artificial intelligence will boost global output by around 0.5% a year between 2025 and 2030, outweighing the costs of rising carbon emissions by the data centres needed
April 22, 2025
South Florida elementary's hands-on lessons turns students into eco-heroes
April 22, 2025
The Trump administration wants to abolish FEMA and hand disaster recovery over to states. But local officials are best positioned to help local people in a crisis.
April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025
The board of Norway's Equinor must explain how the company's plan to raise oil and gas production aligns with its stated commitment to the Paris agreement on curbing climate change, a
April 22, 2025
Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people may be surprised at how much they actually wear
April 22, 2025
In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral concern
April 22, 2025
One small thing you can do to help reduce your role in the climate crisis
April 22, 2025
U.S. environmental groups say they are hiring lawyers and preparing for a major legal showdown with President Donald Trump's administration over its
April 22, 2025
Two lawsuits filed in Los Angeles accuse the major home insurers of colluding to limit coverage in high-risk areas across California
April 21, 2025
Puerto Rico’s governor is urging people to moderate their energy consumption and warns the island has no additional power generation capability to fall back on days after a massive blackout hit the U.S. territory
April 21, 2025
Bull elk illegally killed, DNR says; investigation underway
April 21, 2025
Search and rescue underway in Oklahoma after mother and daughter swept away by floodwaters
April 21, 2025
At least 5 dead after dangerous flooding and storms hit Oklahoma
April 20, 2025
AZ Wilderness serving up sustainable beer for Earth Month and year-round
April 21, 2025
The Trump administration may withhold environmental approvals for Manhattan transportation projects if New York state does not end congestion pricing, U.S.
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis has died at age 88
April 21, 2025
Grist reports that rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.
April 16, 2025
Trump and Francis, both elected as outsiders, sparred from afar on policy and diverged on leadership style
April 21, 2025
How and when to watch the Lyrid meteor shower
April 21, 2025
Saudi oil giant Aramco signed a joint development agreement with Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD to explore collaboration in the development of new
April 21, 2025
It’s the world’s northernmost airport. And its runway is melting
April 21, 2025
Sam Davis Road Fire blazes through 350 acres in North Carolina, prompting state of emergency
April 21, 2025
An analysis of surveys about people’s level of climate concern suggests it isn’t just education alone that shapes views – it’s experiencing rising temperatures that makes the difference.
April 21, 2025
Some restrictions prevent loosening of existing environmental standards for clean air and water. Other rules can be changed – though only through a challenging and multistep democratic process.
April 21, 2025
U.S. non-profit organizations that focus on climate change are getting ready to fight a possible move by the Trump administration to
April 21, 2025
Republican lawmakers working to extend U.S.
April 21, 2025
Francis: The ‘outsider’ pope who faced fierce resistance to his reforms
April 21, 2025
Below are some memorable quotes from Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 was announced by the Vatican on Monday.
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi
April 21, 2025
Here are some facts about Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88. - Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of Italian immigrant
April 21, 2025
The European Union is looking at ways to make it easier for U.S. gas exports to comply with its methane emissions rules, as the bloc attempts
April 21, 2025
Two-year-old Sumaiya Ansari, a resident of India's Byrnihat town which is ranked the world's most polluted metropolitan area by Swiss Group IQAir, was
April 21, 2025
A slow-moving, active storm system has brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left three people dead
April 20, 2025
Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster off the Gulf Coast, the effects of the largest oil spill in U.S. history are still being felt
April 20, 2025
The Zurich Zoo says a 19-year-old Asian elephant has given birth to a male calf
April 20, 2025
Scientists working with the Schmidt Ocean Institute reveal the first footage of two elusive sea animals: the colossal squid and a type of glass squid.
April 19, 2025
New Jersey Forest Fire Service crews battle wildfire in Vineland
April 19, 2025
New stretch of Highway 9 opens, connecting Bat Cave and Chimney Rock
April 19, 2025
Nobody knows where whale sharks, the biggest fish in the sea, are mating
April 18, 2025
Family escapes house fire after multiple explosions rock neighborhood
April 19, 2025
Brazil should not explore oil reserves in the Amazon region, because of the dangerous impact on local communities, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, of the Kayapo
April 19, 2025
The Community United Methodist Church in Pacific Palisades burned down in wildfires that devastated much of Los Angeles in January
April 19, 2025
Allergy season can be miserable for tens of millions of Americans each year
April 18, 2025
Pupy the elephant has arrived at her new home in a sanctuary in Mato Grosso, Brazil, following a 2,700-kilometer journey from a zoo converted into an ecological park in Argentina’s capital where she had spent 30 years in conditions criticized by activists
April 19, 2025
Pasijah, a 55-year-old housewife in Indonesia's Central Java province, wakes up every morning to the sound of the sea.
April 18, 2025
As a neighborhood tries to deter turkey vultures, a look at why the bird is federally protected
April 18, 2025
County will pay to remove abandoned boat, 'go after' owners for costs
April 18, 2025
Man with autism says RFK Jr.'s comments don't reflect his reality
April 18, 2025
Alabama House approves 'Lulu's Law': shark alert system inspired by Mountain Brook teen
April 18, 2025
A new comet appeared in the sky, then likely disintegrated. But it can still be seen
April 18, 2025
President Donald Trump’s executive order to boost the U.S. commercial fishing industry drew praise from commercial fishing groups and condemnation from environmental organizations
April 18, 2025
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April 18, 2025
Firefighters from Montana, Oregon join as Bee Rock Creek Fire exceeds 500 acres
April 18, 2025
In the battle to slow climate change, local and state governments, as well as citizens, have taken to the courts. Their results have varied, but the cases keep coming.
April 18, 2025
Spring's first meteor shower is reaching its peak
April 18, 2025
Nearly six months after the Mountain Fire displaced 750 people and destroyed 182 homes and other structures in Ventura County, survivors say recovery is more difficult without FEMA support and in the shadow of the LA fires
April 18, 2025
Officials in Puerto Rico say power has been restored to more than 98% of customers after an island-wide blackout hit the U.S. territory earlier this week
April 18, 2025
Scientists stumble across rare evidence that Earth is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada
April 18, 2025
This notorious West Coast phenomenon fueled historic floods in the East. Another one is on the way
April 18, 2025
First, the nation’s top law firms
April 18, 2025
This remote Pacific island nation just got its first ATMs
April 18, 2025
The Trump administration said on Thursday it would approve a land swap needed for Rio Tinto and BHP to build one of the world's largest copper mines, despite concerns
April 17, 2025
Lighting strike caused large fire at Evergreen Recycle in Park City
April 17, 2025
Norfolk Southern reached an agreement with one of the two companies it has been trying to force to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the toxic chemicals that were released and burned
April 17, 2025
Farming couple builds a 'passive house', one of Wisconsin's most eco-friendly and efficient homes
April 17, 2025
A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet's warmer and wetter
April 17, 2025
The Trump administration's decision to halt construction of Equinor's Empire Wind 1 farm off the coast of New York late on Wednesday sent shockwaves through the offshore
April 17, 2025
Los Angeles Rams honor first responders by conducting 2025 NFL draft from Los Angeles Fire Department
April 17, 2025
The Los Angeles Rams will make their selections in the upcoming NFL draft from the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Air Operations base in Van Nuys to honor the first responders who stopped the deadly wildfires that blazed across Southern California earlier this year
April 17, 2025
'Another nail in the coffin': Salmon fishing restrictions, golden mussel closures hurting bait shop
April 17, 2025
A new global survey finds that endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide
April 17, 2025
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April 17, 2025
It happens every spring along a section of road north of Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg: Volunteers, some in yellow vests, patrol near the Sestroretsk Bog natural reserve, and become crossing guards for thousands of toads and frogs
April 17, 2025
Restaurant chain faces outrage after carving up 500-year-old oak tree
April 17, 2025
President Donald Trump's escalating trade war with China means hopeful solar buyers may have a much harder time getting systems installed in the U.S. in coming months
April 17, 2025
About 40% of total US energy consumption is used by household and industrial appliances, such as heating and cooling systems, refrigerators and lighting.
April 17, 2025
Daffodil field in Massachusetts started during World War II no longer a hidden secret
April 17, 2025
Four people, including a Chinese national, have died and seven others are still missing off a western Philippine province after a dredging vessel carrying 25 people capsized two
April 17, 2025
United Airlines plane engine shoots out fire after hitting an animal on takeoff
April 17, 2025
The Gaza Strip is strewn with undetonated explosives from tens of thousands of Israeli air strikes,
April 17, 2025
The Himalayan nation of Bhutan is exploring ways to mine and leverage green cryptocurrencies using hydropower to boost its economy and create jobs to reduce brain
April 17, 2025
Valero Energy Corp said on Wednesday it was taking a $1.1 billion pre-tax impairment related to its California refineries and told state regulators it would permanently shut or restructure
April 16, 2025
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April 16, 2025
The Trump administration has issued an order to stop construction on a major offshore wind project to power more than 500,000 New York homes, the latest in a series of moves targeting the industry
April 16, 2025
Despite billions in federal investment and growing consumer interest, electric vehicles still face slow adoption rates in the U.S. While widely promoted as an environmentally friendly alternative to gas-powered cars, EVs have high upfront prices and a lack of access to charging infrastructure, especially in rural and underserved communities. EVs are highly efficient compared to gasoline-powered cars. Electric drivetrains convert over 77% of energy from the grid into actual movement at the wheels, while gas-powered engines manage just 12% to 30%, according to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute. EVs also produce zero tailpipe emissions, helping to cut smog and
April 16, 2025
The Trump administration plans to rewrite part of the Endangered Species Act that prohibits harming the habitats of endangered and threatened species
April 16, 2025
Young volunteers who respond to natural disasters and help with community projects across the U.S. have been discharged
April 16, 2025
Teen working against animal-tested cosmetics sales
April 16, 2025
'Nobody stays behind,' cat sanctuary shares new fire safety plan
April 16, 2025
Middle schoolers plant new life in Black Forest burn scar
April 16, 2025
Bill would promote grazing on Wisconsin farms, a practice advocates say is better for cows and the environment
April 16, 2025
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a major change to how threatened species are considered in agency actions by removing regulatory language that seeks to prevent their habitats
April 16, 2025
Environmental contributors to autism are behind its rising prevalence, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
April 16, 2025
Colossal squid resembles a ‘glass sculpture’ in first footage taken from the deep sea
April 16, 2025
157,000 potholes filled so far this year, working on thousands more reports
April 16, 2025
Judge rules against Trump admin after it couldn’t find evidence of fraud in clean energy program
April 16, 2025
Not all plastic is the same. Old yogurt cups and milk jugs, for example, don’t play well together when being turned into new materials. However, there are solutions.
April 16, 2025
Neighborhood ready for vultures to migrate elsewhere after birds cause property damage
April 16, 2025
Strangers help rescue raccoon stuck in tree above Kinnickinnic River
April 16, 2025
'Sitting ducks': Third home in danger of falling into Harrods Creek as landslide continues
April 16, 2025
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April 16, 2025
Solar storm could bring auroras farther south over the US than they typically appear
April 16, 2025
A federal judge says some nonprofits awarded billions for a so-called green bank to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects cannot have their contracts scrapped and must have access to some of the frozen money
April 16, 2025
Salmon migration affected by drug pollution in water from antianxiety medication
April 16, 2025
BIOCAP tiles reimagine seawalls as dynamic, ecologically active systems that have the potential to enhance coastal resilience.
April 16, 2025
Waste from coal plants was one of the Trump administration's recent deregulatory targets
April 16, 2025
Effective conservation of old-growth ecosystems will work best if it considers their varied ecology.
April 16, 2025
Insurance bellwether Travelers' first-quarter profit exceeded analysts' expectations on Wednesday, as strong underwriting gains helped soften the hit from over $2 billion
April 16, 2025
Greece has submitted plans to the EU setting out how it will organise maritime activities such as fishing, tourism and offshore energy after years of delays that drew rebuke from
April 16, 2025
Woman calls for awareness after massive pothole wrecks her car on Chicago's South Side
April 16, 2025
Two Belgian teenagers have been charged in Kenya with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser known species
April 15, 2025
An unusual convoy is nearing Argentina’s lush border with Brazil, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for hours
April 15, 2025
A U.S. judge blocked President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday from freezing billions of dollars in grants Congress authorized under climate investment and
April 15, 2025
The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene
April 15, 2025
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country
April 15, 2025
Couple rescues bee colonies during spring swarm season
April 15, 2025
Residents hope to save 250-year-old tree from being cut down
April 15, 2025
By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS - Global wine production and consumption fell in 2024 to their lowest in decades, as extreme weather and high prices weighed on the sector, the International
April 15, 2025
The Trump administration has exempted 47 companies from regulations to curb mercury and air toxics for their coal-fired power plants for two years, according
April 15, 2025
A strong solar storm is headed to Earth and this could cause colorful aurora displays in parts of the United States
April 15, 2025
Downed power line sparks fire and gas leak, forces evacuations
April 15, 2025
Mexico's federal government is negotiating with its northern states to send more water to the United States, the country's president said on Tuesday, after its historic
April 15, 2025
Florida lawmakers consider ending mockingbird’s 97-year run as state bird
April 15, 2025
Chicago's Working Bikes gets bicycles to people in need at home and worldwide
April 15, 2025
Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
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